This thread will hopefully keep track of everybody's movements, and will make it clear which analyses are available for reservation and which are not, so you don't have to keep trawling through the subforum to see if what you want is available.

Now, it's quite possible that I may have missed somebody or something in the colossal mass of threads collected here, so if I have, feel free to drop me a PM or post in the thread, and I will endeavour to correct it. If there is a clash between two people who seem to have reserved the same analysis or similar, please take it to a C&C mod as I cannot really sort that out myself. Also, big thanks to Setsuna who is helping me keep this thread up to date (and is also making my job a lot easier by sorting out the forum itself).

Also, if you happen to reserve a Pokemon, post a placeholder, or finish a write-up, please do post here so that I can edit the OP, just in case I miss it otherwise.

--- This is the OU subforum, and we are ONLY writing/reserving analyses for "competitive" Pokemon in OU. As much as you may want to reserve a Delcatty analysis, it really is a waste of everybody's time, not just yours.

--- If you believe that a Pokemon is viable for use in OU that hasn't had an OU analysis written about it yet, then feel free to post a skeleton analysis with your proposed sets. However, bear in mind that it may well end up being rejected by the Quality Control team.

--- If you really, really want to write an analysis for one of these lower Pokemon, and it doesn't deserve an OU analysis, then go here and you may write it for UU, or here to reserve it for RU, or failing that, go here to reserve it for NU. Please note that the UU and RU subforums have their own restrictions on Pokemon, however.

--- If you wish to contribute a new set to an analysis that is already on-site, you may post a new thread for it, but it must conform to Smogon's standard format. However, make sure that your set has not been posted before, otherwise you may receive a warning. To see all sets that have been rejected in the past, go here.

--- RE: Naming threads. If you are writing an analysis from scratch with nothing previously on-site, the title should have (Analysis) in it. If you are updating a currently on-site analysis, the title should have (Full Revamp) in it. Finally, if you are writing a single set for an existing analysis, then the title should have (Set Name) in it, where the name is whatever you happen to be calling your set. No custom names, though.

--- If you have any doubts about the effectiveness or legality of your new set or proposed analysis, you can speak with a member of the Quality Control team by PM to gauge their opinion on whether it is viable or not; the advice they give is often invaluable, and they will (almost) always be happy to help.

--- Please make absolutely sure that your analysis is legal before posting.

RESERVED
- The analysis has been reserved in the official reservations thread― that's to say, this thread ―and is hence marked down as that member's responsibility to complete.

SKELETON
- Once your analysis has been reserved, you should write up and post a skeleton analysis. A skeleton analysis is an analysis where you just note down the essential points on how each set works, teammates, etc. as a bullet point list, rather than comments written up in full. This way, it is easier for others to comment on content, and if a set ends up being rejected, you do not lose (much) valuable work. We highly recommend to use skeletons during the first stages of an analysis. We also recommend that you display the number of Quality Control checks (see below) that you have received in the thread title as well.

A typical thread title for this stage would be: (Quality Control) Scizor (Analysis) [QC 0/3]

WRITTEN
- Feel free to write up your analyses formally once you believe you have enough knowledge and material to work with. However, we again recommend waiting until your thread has been fully approved by Quality Control before progressing onto this stage. Once your analysis has been fully approved by Quality Control, you may change the tag to "Copyediting". This shows that it has passed Quality Control, even if you have not written it yet. We also recommend that you display the number of Grammar-Prose Team checks your analysis has received in the title, once you have fully written it.

A typical thread title for this stage would be: (Copyediting)Scizor (Analysis) [GP 0/2]

QC APPROVED
- Once your skeleton analysis has been posted, the Quality Control team will descend upon your analysis and after testing, will use their in-depth competitive knowledge to make your analysis as informative and accurate as possible. Please respect their judgment at all times. After it has been approved by three different Quality Control members, your analysis is ready to move on to the next stage. At this point, change the thread tag to "Copyediting" and you can begin writing your analysis up. However, if your analysis is not competitively viable, it will be QC REJECTED, so be warned.

The Quality Control team members for OU are listed here (feel free to PM them for a check-up).

GP APPROVED
- Once your analysis is approved by the Quality Control team, and you have finished writing it up, the final touch will be provided by the Grammar-Prose team, who will run through your analysis correcting anything out of place. Please remember that in order to get your analysis checked by the Grammar-Prose Team, you need to post in the Grammar-Prose Team Queue Thread. Make sure that you have the correct format before you do so, however. Once your analysis has been approved by a minimum of two different Grammar-Prose team members, you can at last call your analysis 'finished'. At this stage, please change your thread tag to "Done". Grammar-Prose team members can also approve the grammar checks of non-GP team members to make them count as full GP checks.

The Grammar-Prose team members are listed here (feel free to PM them for a check-up).

FINISHED
- Once your analysis has has received both of its Grammar-Prose checks, and the last has been implemented, please change the thread tag to "Done", and you can sit back and feel good about it. You may also wish to contact a C&C moderator to push your analysis to the final stage.

A typical thread title for this stage would be: (Done) Scizor (Analysis)

ON SITE
- Last, but by no means least, a C&C moderator will give your analysis a final check, upload it to the SCMS, and move your analysis thread to the Uploaded Analyses subforum of the Archives. Once it's there, a Site Staff member will cache your analysis so it appears on the site. And then it's all done. Post here so that I know, and I'll move your analysis entry in this index to uploaded analysis archive.

These are the analyses either being worked on or up for reservation at this time. If you really must insist on writing a Purugly analysis or whatever, then go visit the UU or RU or NU analysis indexes, but please do not bother posting it here. Make sure what you're posting is actually usable (refer to the above for other things you must make sure of).
[a]bw2[/a]Black 2 / White 2 Analyses, Revamps, and Updates

This place used to be used to keep tabs on who has dibs on what, for when UU analyses were not allowed. However, due to the
massive influx of reservations on opening these analyses (and the matter slipping the administration's mind) all previous reservations are null and void. Sorry about that. For a link to the UU subforum's index thread, please go here. RU's is located here. NU's is located here. Most unfortunately, all of these indexes are greatly aesthetically and functionally inferior to this one, but please don't say so or it will upset their feelings.

Anyway, this place is used to store all the uploaded analyses now that the site is ready to take them. They have all been given the immensely satisfying tag, ON SITE. Please feel free to check out all the completed analyses here. Alternatively, just look at them on-site.
[a]onsite[/a]Uploaded Analyses

- Those who wish to take over an analysis from another member, please PM the member in question first. There may well be analyses within the index where the OP in question has no intention of continuing with their analysis. In this case, you should first PM them and get their permission before re-reserving the thread. If they do not respond to your message, PM a C&C moderator, but do not post in this thread.

- Those who wish to give up a reservation, please either PM me or post here to make the vacancy known. I have no way of knowing whether you are still working on something if you don't tell me, and if you don't post or update a placeholder, then it becomes difficult to keep the game moving, as it were. So, please let me know in good time.

- Please understand that a reservation is expected to be a commitment to seeing the analysis through to the end. It's always deeply annoying when somebody does nothing about an analysis for ages and clogs up the system. For this reason we suggest reserving no more than three analyses at any one time so that you are able to complete them in due course. If you are inactive for an extended period of time over your analysis, it may be removed from you by force, so please don't let it come to that.

This was a great idea, it makes figuring out who has what (and who doesn't) so much easier. Can't believe nobody has Efruun, it's really useful/annoying. I'd take it but I've got other analyses to do. Almost done with Deoxys-A skeleton, and may write up Ninjask after that.

Man thanks heaps for this, was wondering when the OU forum was going to get some organization..

It would be very convenient if this was the actual reservation thread as well though (with the Uber forum also having its own seperate thread). It doesn't make any sense at all to have the index and reservations in two different areas of the subforum.

PLEASE remember to use the reservations thread, both for your own reservations and for checking those of others.

Second, Sphyxius and PooF, you have both reserved Urugamosu and posted placeholder threads, apparently at the same time. Would you please be able to sort out who owns the rights to the thread now? Right now I have PooF listed as he posted the reservation first, but please do come to a consensus between yourselves.

The Nattorei analysis was written by a member who only has one post, and hasn't visited since November 17th. Any chance I could take over this (if nobody else strongly objects)?

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I'd say just drop him a PM, and if he doesn't respond within an arbitrary time limit (say 5 days), just go ahead and post a placeholder.

In other news, I'm pleased to update this with a couple of things. Firstly, I've added most (all?) of the old skeleton threads on as extra revisionary tools for any who want to take on that analysis. They are placed next to the Pokemon's name or owner's username if applicable, and are marked as S1 (don't ask me why). Also, I've added a list of analyses by OP, which should help in trying to keep track of who is doing what.

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@bmb: Are you going to list the users who are willing to write the formal analyses for their placeholdered Pokemon in OU as well? That will be very useful, to prevent confusion among users as to who will write which formal analyses.